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Smart cars
Barney Irvine of the AA’s Transport Technology Group looks at the rise of high-tech safety features in modern vehicles.
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Then & Now: A modern classic
Colin Sweetman enjoys the best of both worlds with a traditional Mustang and its sleeker, sportier sibling.
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Electric vehicles: Switched on
Andrew Kerr talks to early adopters of electric vehicles.
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Used Car Safety Ratings: Stars for life
Cade Wilson explains the importance of buying as safe a car as possible.
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Ride to survive
Dylan Thomsen looks at accidents involving motorcycles and finds the statistics are not pretty.
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Road rules: Understanding priority lanes
Special vehicle lanes are always marked and have signs restricting access to them. Most often you’ll be encountering high occupancy transit lanes such as T2/T3 lanes, bus lanes and cycle lanes, bus only lanes and light rail lanes.
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Road rules: Know your way a-roundabouts
Roundabouts are one of the safest engineering treatments for intersections, because any crashes that happen occur at low speed.
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Driving lesson: Back to basics
Louise Richardson spends an afternoon on the road with AA Driving School.
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Clever cars
Cade Wilson takes a look at high-tech driver-assist systems.
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Driverless cars: Leading the way
A small Kiwi company has joined the race to develop autonomous vehicle technology. Barney Irvine investigates.